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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11250
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14016
13 Actual Demand 10946
14 Aggregate Planning 11866
15 Air Cargo 9794
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6406
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34513
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15175
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18864
20 Assembly Line 21470
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22632
22 Average Speed of Answer 26342
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22611
24 Batch Production 37587
25 Bill Discounting 14097
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10795
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6901
28 Blanket Release 9738
29 Bonded Warehouse 9841
30 Booking Number 13392
31 Bottleneck 9204
32 Buffer Stock 58277
33 Build to Stock 12703
34 Bullwhip Effect 9272
35 Business Logistics 25066
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12305
37 Capacity Management 39488
38 Capacity Utilization 13753
39 Capital Intensive 8082
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8354
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11825
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8768
44 Co-Destiny 9036
45 Co-managed Inventory 12185
46 Co-Packers 11539
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6602
48 Computer-Based Training 7480
49 Consular Invoice 19313
50 Container Depot 10346
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19179
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11808
54 Contract Carrier 7194
55 Contract of Affreightment 11176
56 Control Charts 7748
57 Cost Flow 10056
58 Courier Service 14844
59 CPFR 7995
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11526
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43315
62 Date Code 17733
63 Days of Supply 19461
64 Dead on Arrival 8926
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7853
67 Detective Control 8689
68 Devanning 13985
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10591
70 Dispatching 23635
71 Distributed Inventory 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34051
73 Distribution Metrics 8715
74 Distribution Planning 23898
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14851
76 Double Marginalization 52190
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21988
78 Dual 5263
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20299
80 Echelon Inventory 25858
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37954
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48857
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7404
84 Efficient Frontier 24969
85 Engineer-to-Order 31256
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15951
87 Erlang B Formula 9094
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13143
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9208
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9686
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8430
97 Fishbone Diagram 14304
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12044
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29716
103 Freight Charge 10099
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8113
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11417
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
 
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